Getting on a bit

[ipf]

This is......who knows what it belongs to?

 

[pc1966]

Has a bit of an automotive look to me?

 

[ruston]

It does , looks a bit like an old fuse carrier .

 

[James]

Could be, that might make the cylinder on the left a HT coil.

 

[davesparks]

It looks to me like either old school LUCAS automotive equipment, or something the GPO would have fitted.

 

[snowhead]

Car fuse box, Lucas SF4, Pre 50's cars.

908: Fuse box equivalent to Lucas SF4 type - Marked 'MODEL SF4 TYPE' - Fuse Boxes & Fuses - Electrical Accessories - Vintage Car Parts

<p>Fuse box equivalent to the Lucas type SF4, four glass fuse type box. Base 73mm x 72mm x approx 60mm overall height. Centre screw to lid top, black bakelite.

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[ipf]

The cylinder on the left is for the hydraulics... 'Red Jackall fluid only', even. See the coil on the last photo....similar fixing.
It's an early 1950's hearse being re-vamped by a small local company. He's removed the old wooden duck boards and has it on a ramp.. A good bit of work needed but it purrs on start up and has a turning circle you wouldn't believe.

 

[ruston]

@ipf. I worked on an old Humber one . mind you it was not all that old at the time. .
I think it still exists , but I have not seen it in use for a long time now.
The company use Mercedes now .
The old wedding cars were Armstrong Siddeley. One of them is still at work .

 

[ipf]

@ipf. I worked on an old Humber one . mind you it was not all that old at the time. .
I think it still exists , but I have not seen it in use for a long time now.
The company use Mercedes now .
The old wedding cars were Armstrong Siddeley. One of them is still at work .

Did it have the Jackall jacking system, rus?
I found a photo of one operating...

 

[Midwest]

I was going to say a really complicated door bell. Glad I didn't mention it now.

 

[ruston]

The cylinder on the left is for the hydraulics... 'Red Jackall fluid only', even. See the coil on the last photo....similar fixing.
It's an early 1950's hearse being re-vamped by a small local company. He's removed the old wooden duck boards and has it on a ramp.. A good bit of work needed but it purrs on start up and has a turning circle you wouldn't believe.

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Did it have the Jackall jacking system, rus?
I found a photo of one operating...

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I can't honestly remember , but one of the old Phantoms did. It was not a Hearse though. It may of been the same system .
Some of the later Rolls Royce had Citroen self levelling suspension on them.